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Wisconsin's Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals Wisconsin’s Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals – 2020 *Wisconsin hospitals receiving Rural Critical Care payments listed on reverse side. HOSPITAL CITY HOSPITAL CITY Amery Hospital & Clinic Amery Aurora Sinai Medical Center Milwaukee Aspirus Langlade Hospital Antigo Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center / South Shore Milwaukee Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus Appleton Children’s Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hospital Milwaukee ThedaCare Regional Medical Center – Appleton Appleton Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee Milwaukee Memorial Medical Center Ashland Froedtert & MCW Froedtert Hospital campus Milwaukee Western Wisconsin Health Baldwin Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo Ascension St. Francis Hospital Milwaukee Mayo Clinic Health System – Northland in Barron Barron Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Complex Milwaukee Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam Beaver Dam Monroe Clinic, a member of SSM Health Monroe Beloit Health System Beloit Children’s Wisconsin-Fox Valley Hospital Neenah ThedaCare Medical Center – Berlin Berlin ThedaCare Regional Medical Center – Neenah Neenah Black River Memorial Hospital Black River Falls ThedaCare Medical Center – New London New London Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital – Elmbrook Campus Brookfield Westfields Hospital & Clinic New Richmond HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Chippewa Falls Osceola Medical Center Osceola Prairie Ridge Health Columbus Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh Oshkosh Upland Hills Health Dodgeville Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus Oshkosh Mayo Clinic Health System – Eau Claire Eau Claire Divine Savior Healthcare Portage Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire Eau Claire Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center Prairie du Chien Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn Elkhorn Sauk Prairie Healthcare Prairie du Sac SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Ascension All SaintsHospital Racine Fort HealthCare Fort Atkinson Reedsburg Area Medical Center Reedsburg Aurora Medical Center in Grafton Grafton Ascension St. Mary's Hospital Rhinelander Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay Green Bay Marshfield Medical Center—Rice Lake Rice Lake Bellin Hospital Green Bay The Richland Hospital Richland Center HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center Green Bay River Falls Area Hospital River Falls HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay ThedaCare Medical Center – Shawano Shawano Hayward Area Memorial Hospital Hayward Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center Sheboygan Hudson Hospital & Clinics Hudson HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital Sheboygan Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville Janesville St. Croix Regional Medical Center St Croix Falls SSM St. Mary's Hospital—Janesville Janesville Ascension St. Michael's Hospital Stevens Point Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha Kenosha Door County Medical Center Sturgeon Bay Froedtert South Kenosha Aurora Medical Center in Summit Summit Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center La Crosse Tomah Health Tomah Mayo Clinic Health System – Franciscan Healthcare La Crosse Aurora Medical Center - Manitowoc County Two Rivers Mercyhealth Hospital and Medical Center-Walworth Lake Geneva Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua Grant Regional Health Center Lancaster Watertown Regional Medical Center Watertown SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Madison ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital Waukesha UnityPoint Health – Meriter Madison ThedaCare Medical Center – Waupaca Waupaca UW Hospital and Clinics Authority Madison SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun Holy Family Memorial Manitowoc Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau Aurora Medical Center – Bay Area Marinette Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis Marshfield Medical Center Marshfield Froedtert West Bend Hospital West Bend Mile Bluff Medical Center Mauston Ascension St. Clare's Hospital Weston Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics Medford Aspirus Riverview Hospital and Clinics Wisconsin Rapids Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital Menomonee Falls Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff Mayo Clinic Health System – Red Cedar in Menomonie Menomonie Wisconsin’s Rural Critical Care Hospitals—2020 HOSPITAL CITY HOSPITAL CITY Mayo Clinic Health System – Chippewa Valley in Bloomer Bloomer HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital & Clinic Boscobel Mayo Clinic Health System – Oakridge in Osseo Osseo Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton Flambeau Hospital Park Falls Cumberland Healthcare Cumberland Southwest Health Platteville Memorial Hospital of Lafayette Co Darlington Ripon Medical Center Ripon Ascension Eagle River Hospital Eagle River Indianhead Medical Center Shell Lake Edgerton Hospital & Health Services Edgerton Spooner Health Spooner Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics Friendship Ascension Our Lady of Victory Hospital Stanley Burnett Medical Center Grantsburg Stoughton Health Stoughton Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hospital & Clinics Hillsboro Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior Superior Marshfield Medical Center – Ladysmith Ladysmith Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Tomahawk Ascension Good Samaritan Hospital Merrill Gundersen Tri-County Hospital & Clinics Whitehall Marshfield Medical Center – Neillsville Neillsville ThedaCare Medical Center — Wild Rose Wild Rose Bellin Health Oconto Hospital Oconto .
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